Population Cohort Study Finds Six Genetic Variants Associated With ‘bad’ Cholesterol

A new study presages a real aim of genetics: to look at whole populations to in order determine the significance of individual genetic variants for individual health. The research team, whose work is published in Nature Genetics, find six novel genetic variants that are associated with lipid levels, a common indicator of heart or artery disease. The power of ‘genetic microscopes’ has increased because the methods are in place to study many thousands of DNA samples.

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Filed under: Cholesterol on December 11th, 2008